Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill played through a left wrist injury during the 2024 season and he will spend most of the 2025 offseason recovering from it.
Head coach Mike McDaniel said at a Tuesday press conference from the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis that Hill recently had surgery on his wrist. McDaniel said it was to repair an injury to a ligament, although Hill’s agent Drew Rosenhaus said in January that Hill was dealing with a broken wrist.
Hill said in November that doctors had discussed the prospect of season-ending surgery, but he opted to keep playing despite the injury.
McDaniel said that Hill will spend the spring recovering and that he is expected to resume catching passes ahead of training camp this summer.
Left tackle Terron Armstead remains under contract with the Dolphins through the 2026 season, but the team’s plans for the 2025 season don’t include him.
That was the message from head coach Mike McDaniel when he spoke to reporters at a press conference from the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Tuesday. Armstead has contemplated retirement in recent offseasons and indicated that he would be doing the same this year after Week 18.
McDaniel said on Tuesday that Armstead has not shared his decision with the team, but that the Dolphins will be approaching free agency and the draft as if Armstead will not be on their roster.
The Dolphins selected Patrick Paul in the second round last year with an eye on having him take over as a starting tackle at some point. Tuesday’s comments suggest that point could come this fall.
The Dolphins claimed cornerback Ryan “Bump” Cooper Jr. off waivers from the Seahawks, the team announced Monday.
Cooper entered the NFL as an undrafted college free agent in 2024, signing with the Ravens. He spent most of the season on the practice squad, appearing in one game.
He played six special teams snaps against the Browns on Oct. 27
The Ravens cut him Nov. 19, and the Seahawks signed him to their practice squad a week later.
Cooper signed a futures contract with Seattle at the end of the season.
He finished his collegiate career at Oregon State, appearing in 23 games in two seasons and recording 82 tackles, 1.5 sacks, four interceptions and 22 passes defensed. He was a two-year starter at the College of San Mateo in California prior to transferring to Oregon State.
Eddie Hill, who spent six seasons playing running back in the NFL, has died at the age of 67.
The Dolphins announced on Monday that Hill died. Hill had been battling brain cancer for several years.
After playing his college football at Memphis, Hill was selected by the Rams in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft. After two years with the Rams, Hill was traded to the Dolphins.
In his NFL career Hill had 120 carries for 443 yards, 26 catches for 171 yards, and 17 kickoff returns for 330 yards.
The Dolphins reportedly won’t be using the franchise tag on safety Jevón Holland. Holland also thinks that the Dolphins are ready to let him walk.
Via Adam Stites of USA Today, Holland believes the team’s recent social-media posts mean that he’s not in the organization’s plans.
“Transparently, seeing the Dolphins post things like the Valentine’s Day stuff or like any kind of edit and things like that,” Holland said on his podcast, Breakin’ House Rules. “You can see guys that may not be here next year or may be somewhere else are just not in it. I’m following them on Instagram, right? And I’m not in none of this [expletive] no more. I’m like, OK, they’ve kinda moved on.
“I get it. I understand the decision to do that because I would do the same if I was in the same position. But from my perspective, I’m just watching it like — I get it, but like, OK, this is the effects of being a free agent. Your team, or what was your team, starts to phase you out, in a way.”
Beyond the social-media messages, Holland would know if the Dolphins were trying to re-sign him. If there’s been no effort to do it by now, there likely won’t be — especially with the Scouting Combine a/k/a Tampering Central starting this week.
Holland, 24, was a second-round pick in 2021. At the time, Brian Flores was the head coach. That puts the Vikings on the radar screen for a potential reunion between Holland and Flores.
